The sheriff of a small county in northeast North Carolina
says he is "disgusted" by the parents of six men who are accused of
sexually abusing their sister for nearly a decade, at a private family
compound.

"I blame the parents for this," http://www.co.perquimans.nc.us/sheriff.html" rel="nofollow - Perquimans County Sheriff Eric Tilley
told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. "It's your responsibility as a
parent to teach [your children] right and wrong. When you see a child
doing something that is totally wrong and you don't correct them, then
the child thinks it's OK."

Tilley said his deputies http://wtkr.com/2014/05/12/six-brothers-parents-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-girl/" rel="nofollow - charged the six brothers ,
ranging in age from 19 to 27, on May 6, with a number of crimes related
to the alleged sexual abuse of their 16-year-old sister. The sheriff
said the alleged abuse began when the girl was 4 years old and continued
until she was almost 15.

"Part
of the investigation revealed that, at one point, the mother observed
some of this activity and never did anything about it," Tilley said of
the charges against the parents.

Tilley described the family as "bizarre" and said he believes the father is "anti-government" and "anti-schools."

"The
children were home schooled with very limited education," said the
sheriff. "They were very private and the whole yard has a fence around
it -- like a little compound. They're very different."

The allegations of abuse surfaced in December 2012, when Eric Jackson http://hamptonroads.com/2014/05/six-nc-brothers-accused-abusing-girl-over-decade" rel="nofollow - allegedly told the pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina, about the alleged abuse.

"He confided in his pastor and his pastor told him that was wrong and not the way normal families are," said Tilley.

After
speaking with the pastor, Eric Jackson allegedly went to the Perquimans
County Sheriff's Office and told them that he, along with five of his
siblings, had been sexually abusing their sister.

"From there, we had two more brothers confirm what he said," Tilley said.

Despite
the alleged confessions, police needed more evidence to make arrests in
the case. For that, they attempted to speak with the alleged victim.
That task, authorities said, initially proved futile.

"Her parents refused to let us talk to her and [they] moved to Colorado," said Tilley.

Authorities
in Colorado were notified of the situation and the Department of Human
Services in Colorado Springs took custody of the victim. It was then,
Tilley said, that his deputies were able to talk to the girl about the
alleged sexual abuse.

"I sent one of my investigators to Colorado
and he had an eight-hour interview with her," Tilley said. "She
confirmed everything her brothers told us."

The case was presented
to a grand jury in North Carolina and they handed down indictments
against the parents and brothers in April.

All six of the brothers
were arrested on May 6 and are being held on a $150,000 bond. The
parents are currently free on a $15,000 bond.

"I never thought
this case would go anywhere because we could not get any cooperation,
but they sealed their own fate when they moved to Colorado and that
child was ready to talk," Tilley said.

The sheriff paused, and then added, "Nothing good will come out of this unless this young lady is able to move on."

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly located Perquimans County in northwest North Carolina.

Sometimes I feel like the whole world is against women (including other women). You're not even safe in your own family

Replies: Posted By: Midna
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 3:28pm

Family of white boys..?

That poor girl never had a chance.

It took one of THEM for justice to be served, smh. I'm happy he told the police.. but if he didn't, things never would have changed.

Posted By: KitKat
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 3:57pm

I'm gonna be sitting in the court room Monday morning.This is disturbing!!

Posted By: sexyandfamous
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 6:50pm

They were created in a weird way... no right or wrong, I guess. That's why upon learning that it was wrong, he told a cop, but I think he was unaware that he would be arrested for doing so. Thing is, someone taught them how to have sex with her... the dad may have showed them. Or maybe they were trying to have sex with each other and the dad was like "do it to her".The parents should not be out of jail, they will try to run away, and they are the worst ones in this case, for watching a child being abused for 11 years and do nothing about it.

Posted By: liesnalibis
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 6:58pm

Yeah I blame the parents. Those boys obviously wanted to make it right once they found out it was wrong. It's a shame how your childhood can f*ck you up.

Posted By: BBpants
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 8:23pm

Disgusting...

Posted By: maysay1
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 8:32pm

I was trying to give the boys some benefit of the doubt...but the oldest boy was about 14-15 when he started abusing the girl. That's more than old enough to know better, especially since it doesn't appear that the parents kept them completely locked up in the house.

The younger boys...they were like 7. That's abuse in itself. But the ones that were teenagers (if they weren't abused by anyone else)...and the parents...yeah they deserve to be in jail.

Posted By: femmefatale85
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 8:35pm

I remember reading about this but the article didn't confirm that it was a sister. I believe one of the degenerates came forward two years ago and they just now have a case.

That poor child. Women aren't safe anywhere.

Posted By: femmefatale85
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 8:36pm

Posted By: creole booty
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 8:43pm

They probably were having sex with each other too

Posted By: femmefatale85
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 8:49pm

White people are really understanding about this. I'm sure they were abused, but they're grown men abusing now. Some of the comments amaze me.

Posted By: Katrenia
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 9:05pm

The mother is Nita Jackson??I'm so glad they aren't a Black family.

Those nasty bastards probably been pulling trains on their sister and she being so sheltered, thinks it's the norm.

I truly hope the daughter gets the help she needs to recover from the abuse.

Posted By: Ladybird0724
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 9:52pm

I feel so bad for that poor girl.

Yes some of them were young, but I don't believe for a second that at some point they didn't realize it was wrong.

I really just have no sympathy for rapists

Posted By: OhMyCurlz
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 10:20pm

All of them have been abused.

You dont wake up with the urge to have sex with your sister, the parents should face the hardest time and should be investigated heavily for this. It sounds like they encouraged this, and I wonder if they were forced at a young age to engage in sexual activity with one another.